The Portland daily press., 1887-04-27
REAL ESTATE NOON 1N HANCOCK.

duty, stimulates many soldiers widows to
apply Ior the State pension, who do not real
~ need the lew dollars month which the
State gives.
REAL ESTATE BOOM IN HANCOCK.
Councillor George M. Warren comes from
Castine. He says that the place to make
money now is in Hancock county. Bar Har-
Dor is booming, and the boom is spreading
out all over the Island of Mt Desert. This
spring land has been sold in the village of
Bar Harbor at the rate of $4,000 an acre.
A gentleman at Augusta today says two
well known Bangor men have just paid $12,
600 fol lot of land 20 by SO feet. The Bar
Harbor Land Company bought q tract of
land on Eden street this spring for $4,000,
cut i up into lots and sold it right off for
he bought block Of Bar Har-
Dor Land Company stock for $500 now has
refused an offer of $1,000 for that same stock.
The Rodicks are straining every nerve to
make their water works first class in every
respect. 1t is said that they are doing it too.
Ii this Is so the new company may not need
or care to venture. into the field. A system
Of sewerage is going in, the drainage to be
towards point of the island some distance
from Bar Harbor. Even at this early date
there is great hustle and activity at Bar Har-
Dor, and it is predicted that real estate will
keep its upward bent for some time.
SNOW IN ARoosTooK.
Representative Clark Of Calais, who is
here to oppose the confirmation of Judge
Rounds. says that in the Aroostook, the
snow is yet three or four feet Deep The
inhabitants are obliged to travel hv- night
as by day the heat softens the snow so that
it is impossible to get along.
SOME EFFECTS OF THE INTERSTATE BILL.
Representative Clark says that freight
has ceased to come to Calais over the rail-
road since the Interstate commerce law and
the Maine Central freight rates took effect.
Mr.. Clark had 12 cases of merchandise come
from Boston by freight. He paid dollar
for freight and sold the contents of the cases
for dollar and half Formerly more than
half of Calais freight came by rail. Now it
all comes by boat. The steamers are over
crowded and there is talk of putting on
new fast boat from Eastport to Calais. The
rates of the boats have always been higher
than the railroad rates, until recently.
Collector j. X. Moore Of Th0maston, says
that the shipping men of Thomaston are pre-
pairing for a very busy season. The new
freight rates have started this boom. Now
it is impossible to make shipments to some
parts of the west. Paving blocks awaiting
shipment to Cincinnati are held here because
the new freight rates would more than eat
the profits. 1t seems likely that the Knox &
Lincoln will suffer much, and incidentally
this will bring bad times for the towns whose
fortunes are linked with the railroad. Thom-
aston herself does not suffer much as she
has water communication, and the lime busi
ness promises to flourish this season.
A PORTLAND MAN PARDoNED.
The Governor and Council has granted
pardon to James A. Carey of Portland, who
has served about four years of five years
sentence in the State prison for forgery
DEPUTY COLLECTOR MURPHY.
The court will probably adjourn next Sat-
urday, when Deputy Collector Murphy will
be discharged from Jail.
NOTES.
The Governor has appointed S. w. Ma
thews, of Caribou, labor commissioner.
DR.. Timothy d. Sullivan, Of Portland, has
been commissioned assistant surgeon of the
First Maine Regiment with the rank of
lieutenant
The commission appointed by the Cover
nor to superintend the erection of monu-
ments to Maine soldiers at Gettysburg will
leave Boston Monday, May 1st
General Conner of Augusta being unable
to go the Governor has nominated General
T. w. Hyde of Bath to take his place.
Charles 4. Whitten, for many years chief
clerk IN the Secretary of States office, will
soon say good bye to the building, to take
the position of assistant cashier in the First
National Bank.